The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

HORRIBLE RAILROAD AccipESr.-Boston
March l4.-A terrible accident occurred this
morning on the Dedham branch Of tho Boston
and Providence Railroad, between Forest Hill
and Rosliudalc, at what is known rs Busssy
Park bridge. The o'clock train from Ded-
ham, consisting Of seven cars aud . baggage
oar, under the charge Of Conductor Tildon,
broke through the bridge. The engine and
three cars went over sefely, but the eve others
fell through the bridge to the road beneath.
a distance of thirty feet. The last car, which
was the smoker, turned completely over and
struck on top Of the others, all being crushed
1t is stated that the bridge 10 com paratively q
new one, and that the accident was caused by
truck on one Of the cars giving away, causing
the car to strike against an abutment Of tho
bridge. The smoking car, after it fell, caught
irs, but the fire department was promptly on
hand and prevented any spread Of tho flames.
The bodies Of the dead have all been re-
moved. Some of tho wounded are at tho hos
pital, and some have been taken home, so that
it Is very difficult to ascertain their names and
the extent of their injuries at the present time.
The train was crowded with working people,
and tho most intense excitement prevails among
their friends, who are anxious to learn the
names of those killed and injured.
The engineer. when the engine broke from
the train, kept right on to Forest Hill and
gave the alarm, instead Of stopping to ascertain
the extent Of the accident, and on that accoun t
it was impossible to get assistance at once.
HORRORS OF THE SCENE.
At n late hour in the day, rs the work Of
removing the wreck was progressing, addition
nj evidences were found of the terrible nature
of the disaster. In some places were fragments
Of flesh or pieces Of clothing which had belong
el TO some victim whose remains had been pre-
viously removed to the morgue. There was
blood over everything, scarcely a splinter being
removed that was not stained with the blood of
the victims. Most of the pieces Of clothing
found were garments Of women, the number OF
whom on the train was much larger than that
of the men, and the fatality among them was
proportonately greater. In ono place the
bodies of seven women were taken out tn q
row, oil horribly mangled, One woman was
cut completely in two, the upper half of her
body only being found. a pathetic sight wa.
that of two girls, with arms around one anoth-
CIR, clinging together in the embrace of death
Both had been killed by blows upon the head
In many instances axes aud crowbars were
necessary in order to free persons who were
pinioned in the wreck. In two cases it was
necessary TO cut two Of the bodies in order to
get them out They were already crushed out
of any sembance to human shape and were 50
tightly wedged in, that they could be removed
in no other way, One old lady was taken from
q uninjurcd, but with her clothing torn To
shreds and presenting generally forlorn ap-
pearance She said that the women in her
car seemed to be panic-stricken. At tho mo-
mcnt the crash came they all screamed and
shouted, praying for release. She saw one
woman dying in seat while another woman
had her head pillowed on the dying woman s
brerst. The headcss trunk of woman was
found among the tangled iron aud cars q few
feet away. man was run through and
through by spliuters from the bottom of tho car.